Bruce Greenwood in Disney's EIGHT BELOW(2006).
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Greenwood Talks CAPTAIN PIKE Role

Wilson Morales over at Blackfilm had a chance to talk shop with thespian Bruce Greenwood right after he was cast as Capt. Pike in the upcoming film. When asked which role would be tougher, his JFK role in Thirteen Days or his Pike in Star Trek, his answer seemed somewhat surprising. He also mentions that the story is very different then previous Trek films to date, something which is drawing the anger of someone else in the online trek community. You'll see an example to that in next part of this article, something not relating to the Greenwood interview.

Here's what Bruce had to say about the new gig to Blackfilm;

BF: Which do you think is tougher to play, JFK or Pike?

BG: It’s riskier to do Pike than it was to do Kennedy because on a certain level Kennedy is so huge on the public’s mind that nobody expects you to do it perfectly. I think the Trekkies are more likely to have expectations that are cut marble.

BF: Have you started to do your research on the character?

BG: I’ve got a lot of homework to do. Having said that, the script, which I can’t talk about, is pretty good and quite different from the last few Star Trek movies.

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Alright, now it's time to pass along someone inside the Trek community who seems very angry about something relating to this next STAR TREK adventure. Scooper Metalwater passed along this Trek Web story which has STAR TREK: NEW VOYAGES producer and star, James Cawley, lashing out at Paramount and JJ Abrams. He claims he saw the new design for the next Enterprise NCC 1701 and he's not very pleased about it because it doesn't match up with the original 1701 model.

Here's what he had to say about the new ship design.

"I have seen the New REBOOTED Enterprise, I have Friends in the right places! At any rate, I don't like it. It is supposed to be NCC-1701, no bloody A,B,C,D or E! and it sure does not look like the 1701 I grew up with!" he said

"I just don't agree with changing such iconic designs that are so ingrained in pop culture, it is really needless."

"I just don't want the production design radically changed. I see Matt Jefferies designs as "TIMELESS", and as "Pure Science Fiction", I feel the Big E as designed by Matt deserves it's day on the big screen. I personally Hope that this film makes alot of money for the studio, and that Star Trek is around for many more years because of it. If it fails the alternative of Trek's Loss would Suck. All that aside, I do not have to be a fan of the production design. I have seen what was purported to be the final design of the New Enterprise, and I don't like the changes."

"Re-imagining or rebooting IS changing what Star Trek is." he said "I am not against the recasting at all. But Star Trek is NOT broken, it does Not need to be fixed or REIMAGINED or anthing of the sort. It needs a great story with a Heart in the familar trappings of it's universe. What we are going to get is J.J. Abrams take on Trek, NOT Gene's Trek, not the one we have all been enjoying for all these years, I am sure many will enjoy it, and Good for them. I do not wish the producers will, I simply am not a fan of rebooting or reimaging, something so iconic as Trek."